Tag: News Media Bargaining Code

Govt sets up sweeping social media probe

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government will establish a new joint committee to examine growing issues with social media like online scams, illicit content, black box algorithms and Meta’s decision to “abandon”...

Meta abandons Australian news publishers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Facebook owner Meta will not renew its deals with Australian news publishers, cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars from the industry and daring the government to enforce its...

Optus wants govt to force tech giants to pay for network costs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s second largest telco has asked the government to step in and make tech giants like Netflix and Facebook pay a “fair share” contribution to the telecommunications infrastructure that...

Govt mulls widening of Big Tech news code

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A review of Australia’s media bargaining code has recommended the government investigate extending it to digital platforms other than Google and Facebook, and verify the value of the deals it...

ABC to channel Big Tech revenue into regional reporting

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The ABC will use the revenue it now receives from Facebook and Google to fund its planned increases in regional and outer suburban reporting. The public broadcaster’s managing director...

Nine signs Facebook and Google content sharing deals

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian media giant Nine has signed content sharing deals with Facebook and Google worth tens of millions of dollars, months after the bargaining code was passed by Parliament. In...

ACMA gets $4m for bargaining code oversight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has allocated more than $4 million to the oversight of the big tech media bargaining code, despite no companies being designated under it yet. Communications Minister...

Facebook won’t rule out blocking news again

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Facebook has claimed it did not try to intimidate lawmakers when it pulled news content from Australian users earlier this year in response to the media bargaining code legislation,...